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Topic: No battery in a Panasonic KX-T61610? (Read 5551 times)

I have a KX-T61610, version 3, that has no battery or pigtail visible. I haven't popped the cover off to see if the pigtail just got pushed back inside or something. Did any of these not come with a battery? I've got the programing set perfect, and I don't feel like doing it all over again.

They all come with a battery as far as I know. Perhaps someone took the cover off and did not thread the battery pigtail back into the battery area before putting the cover back on. I would take the cover off and look.

It's black but the correct connector for the female on the pigtail in my 616, which is white. I only have one 616 so maybe they came in other colors. But as Phonesrfun said, they all came with a battery.

The cost of the correct replacement battery (the right size with the right connector) was about $12 plus shipping. There are several discussion of 616 batteries, here is one link.

Here's another pic and the tag. Not sure if it is a late production model? 11/98 is hand written on the inside of the cover. Not sure if that was when it was taken out of service or a refurbished or service date.

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Here's another pic and the tag. Not sure if it is a late production model? 11/98 is hand written on the inside of the cover. Not sure if that was when it was taken out of service or a refurbished or service date.

I am not sure this model line was made anymore in 1998. But in any case, the battery connects to a red/black wire pair terminated in the lower main circuit board. It should have emerged somewhere by the gray ribbon cable.

The top circuit board contains primarily the station line interface circuits, the power fail relays, and the jacks. The lower board contains the processor and the cross point switch.

The connector on the rechargeable battery is a male JST-SMP-02N (N for neutral or white, also come in B for black)

The pigtail on the 616 has a female JST-SMR-02N (same as the -02B) in case you want to and are able to add the pigtail to reach the battery compartment.

JST is the manufacturer (Japan Solderless Terminals), SMR-02 is the two conductor connector. Problem is finding one in small quantity at a reasonable price (minimum order problems with a 10 cent connector) that already has the pins wired in.